Lexical Compendium

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AGI

AGI stands for "Artificial General Intelligence." Unlike AI, AGI is meant to connote a system that exhibits human-like intelligence and is not trained for specific tasks.

Related: ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence), ANI (Artificial Narrow Intelligence), p(doom)


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References:

  1. Wikipedia: Artificial General Intelligence
  2. YouTube: Wozniak: Could a Computer Make a Cup of Coffee? - Steve Wozniak talks pontificates about a computer being smart enough to make a cup of coffee in a random person's home; something that would take a lot of "general" intelligence.

Tags: ai , computer-science

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p(doom)

p(doom) stands for "probability of doom" and is a term used when talking about AGI.


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References:

  1. Wikipedia: p(doom)
  2. NYT: Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric
  3. Fast Company: P(doom) is AI’s latest apocalypse metric. Here’s how to calculate your score

Tags: ai , computer-science

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